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Month: July, 2009

Shooting Up Frederick

31 July, 2009 (12:16) | Grab Bag | By: Mike

I recently walked about Frederick, MD with a friend of mine and below are the results:

Miscellaneous Photos

31 July, 2009 (12:15) | Grab Bag | By: Mike

Some stuff I once had on SmugMug, now back online, but now on Flickr:

Lose the Lectern

26 July, 2009 (16:12) | Presenting | By: Mike

Last week, I attended the Open Government & Innovations Conference in DC where thousands, it seems, of feds got together to pretend they’re out-innovating the private sector in the use of Web 2.0 and social media and the implementation of transparency.  The keynotes and break-out sessions all suffered from the same problem: detachment from the [...]

The Power Of the Metaphor

14 July, 2009 (22:18) | Slide Design | By: Mike

All too often, when people are trying to do the right thing by creating a strong visual to represent an idea, they fall back on the literal meaning of the word.  This often makes it very difficult to find the right image to convey the idea and will often result in a visual that seems [...]

Effective Charts in Keynote ’09

12 July, 2009 (18:19) | Slide Design, Videos | By: Mike

No, I haven’t abandoned this blog.  The gap in between posts can easily be explained.  You see, I have been learning how to use Adobe Premiere and Screenflick.  The results can be seen below as I share with you how to create effective charts in Keynote ’09.  Hopefully, as I do more of these, you [...]